HELP URGENT!!! PC wont boot up correctly NO VIDEO SIGNAL

[knifemyglitter]

hi all. as of last night my PC will no longer boot up correctly and after the windows logo loads goes to a blank screen as my monitor power light goes orange and says "no input signal" right now im running in safe mode fine but id hate to have to do a physical format if i dont have to. Does anyone know what this could be and how i can fix it? maybe what i could narrow down the problem too? a bad boot file or something. i noticed it after i was trying to run Syndicate Wars in compatiblity mode and set "disable windows themes" and the game still wouldnt work. when i restarted, the problem came to. HELP PLEASE.

 

[WT]

Ahhh yes, the ol' Viewsonic black screen bugaboo .... see here for details:

Anand Viewsonic topic

Yet another link for ya:

HardOCP link

 

[beserker15]

Maybe there's something wrong with the video drivers? You should go to safe mode, uninstall the ati drivers, run driver cleaner, and then reinstall.

 

[WT]

This is a knowm issue with more and more Viewsonic 20" WS panels. I was in the market for one and read the post that I linked and searched deeper, finding this was a far too common bug with that model of LCD. Mind you, I haven't crossed it off the list, but its pretty damn disconcerting when you just lose your image right in the middle of doing something !